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Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
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Leslie Mavor
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Educated in Aberdeen, Mavor joined the Royal Air Force in 1935. He was trained at the School of Army Company-operation and was then posted to Number 31 Squadron, which at the time was based in Lahore in India. In 1959 he became Station Commander at Royal Air Force Lindholme and in 1961 he became Director of Air Staff Briefing at the Air Ministry.
In 1964 attended the Imperial Defence College and on graduation he became Air Officer Commanding Number 38 Group.
In 1966 he was moved to Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy). On promotion to Air Marshal in 1969 he was appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command and he retired on 18 January 1973.
Mavor was appointed Principal of the Home Office Home Defence College. Retiring as Principal in 1980 he continued in the new post of Company-ordinator of Voluntary Effort in Civil Defence until 1984.
His appointment reflected a review of Civil preparedness for home defence carried out by the new Conservative Government in 1979 shortly after it was elected.
He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath 1 January 1970 (Central Bank 13 June 1964), received the 1 January 1942, OStJ 30 January 1966. He was a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and was appointed Doctor of Laws of North Yorkshire 24 May 1976.
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Conservative